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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jon Erik Andersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Skull Crash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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145 lbs
11 - 9 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 16 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jon Erik Andersen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Skull Crash!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Konstantin Menshow and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Andersen misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Andersen misses.
Crash throws a head kick that misses.
Andersen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crash.
Crash swings for the body but Andersen moves out of range.
Crash attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Crash connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Andersen misses the jab.
Crash fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Andersen manages to avoid it.
Andersen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Andersen attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Andersen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good exchange - Andersen coming out on top.
The fighters circling - Andersen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Andersen. Crash does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crash lands with a nice body kick.
A big left from Andersen misses.
Andersen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Crash counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crash pushes Andersen away with a front kick.
Crash tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Andersen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Andersen throws a hook to the side of Crash's head but Crash sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crunch! Crash slams his shin into Andersen's torso.
Crash lands with a right hand.
Crash moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Crash throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Andersen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Crash punishes Andersen's body with a nice straight punch.
Crash takes a swing at Andersen's ribcage but misses.
Crash does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A big left from Andersen misses.
Crash tries a head kick but it misses.
Andersen is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Crash's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crash scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crash looks to score with a jab to the body but Andersen is just out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Crash.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersen avoids the body shot from Crash.
Crash throws a head kick that misses.
Andersen goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Crash bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Andersen's head backwards.
Andersen throws a nice inside leg kick.
Crash throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Andersen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Andersen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Crash uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Andersen.
Crash is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Andersen keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice defenses there by Crash.
Crash throws a nice looking combination but Andersen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Andersen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Andersen just misses with a punch to the body.
Crash takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Andersen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersen throws a jab but it's blocked by Crash.
Andersen avoids a kick to the body.
Crash lands a jab to Andersen's midsection.
Crash looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Crash tried to score with a low kick but Andersen checks it.
Crash tries to score with a low kick but Andersen moves his leg out of the way.
A big right from Andersen misses.
Crash dodges the punch combination from Andersen.
Nice straight punches there by Andersen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Andersen.
Crash keeps the fight on the outside.
Andersen scores with a nice right hand.
Andersen fails in his attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Andersen misses the target.
Andersen blocks a head kick by Crash.
Crash is looking to land body kicks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersen blocks a head kick by Crash.
Andersen connects with a crisp jab.
Andersen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Andersen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Crash throws a front kick aimed at Andersen's knee but Andersen avoids it well.
Andersen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Crash connects with an inside leg kick.
Andersen lands a jab to the nose.
Crash looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jon Erik Andersen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Andersen tries a head kick but it misses.
Andersen throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Crash ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crash thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crash misses the shot to the body.
Andersen throws a looping overhand right but Crash ducks down to avoid it.
Andersen misses with an uppercut. Crash saw that one coming.
Crash throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Skull Crash will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Crash scores with a jab to the body.
Andersen swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Crash.
Crash feints and then cracks Andersen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Andersen down.
Crash is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Andersen rather than just go for the knockout.
A chopping leg kick lands by Crash.
Andersen checks a low kick from Crash.
Andersen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Crash throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Skull Crash seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A jab from Andersen misses.
Andersen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crash moves away.
Andersen checks a low kick from Crash.
Andersen misses with a hook.
Andersen thows a body shot but no joy.
Andersen loads up on a big right hand but Crash slips the punch.
Crash throws a leg kick that misses.
Crash misses with a looping right.
Crash moves out of range of the body kick.
Crash walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Andersen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Andersen throws a shot from downtown. Crash moves away and avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Andersen. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Andersen.
Andersen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crash.
Crash tries a head kick but it misses.
Crash throws a head kick that Andersen semi-blocks.
Andersen sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Crash misses with a double jab.
Andersen throws a leg kick but Crash checks it.
A good leg kick by Crash.
Andersen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Crash manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Crash.
Andersen throws a shot from downtown. Crash moves away and avoids it.
Andersen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Andersen finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Crash misses with a head kick.
Andersen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Crash checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Andersen fails with an attempt to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crash ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Andersen moves away.
Crash takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Crash on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Andersen throws a lazy uppercut
and Crash counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Crash showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Andersen.
Andersen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crash will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Andersen scores with a shot to the body.
Andersen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Andersen avoids the body shot from Crash.
Crash tried to score with a low kick but Andersen checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crash throws a head kick that misses.
Andersen stuns Crash with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Donk. Andersen catches Crash right on the button with a cross.
Crash slips a jab and a cross from Andersen.
Crash with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Andersen checks a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Andersen.
Crash wants to land a leg kick but Andersen is out of range.
Andersen misses with a body shot.
Crash takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Crash moves out of range of the strikes.
Crash cracks a nice hook into Andersen's ribs.
Crash throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Andersen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Crash misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crash wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Andersen throws a good cross that connects.
Andersen throws a body punch but Crash moves out of range.
Andersen swings widly with a right hand
and Crash counters with an outside leg kick.
Andersen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Crash. That one must have hurt.
Crash lands with a thumping leg kick.
Andersen misses with a body kick.
Crash lands with a slapping head kick.
Andersen closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Andersen misses with the combination.
Andersen tries to close the distance and clinch but Crash swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andersen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Andersen blocks a head kick by Crash.
Crash swats away the attempt to clinch by Andersen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Skull Crash will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Andersen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Crash connects with an inside leg kick.
Crash looks to score with a jab to the body but Andersen is just out of range.
Crash looks to land a body kick but Andersen moved away.
Andersen throws a right hand that misses
and Crash counters with an outside leg kick.
Crash throws a leg kick but Andersen moved away.
Crash connects with a solid leg kick.
Crash uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Andersen.
Crash fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Andersen is out of range.
Crash thows a body shot but no joy.
Andersen is looking to clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Crash blocks the leg kick.
Andersen misses with a body shot.
Crash fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Crash tried to score with a low kick but Andersen checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crash looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Andersen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A clash of legs there as Andersen blocks the low kick.
No joy there for Crash, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crash throws a nice outside leg kick.
Andersen misses with a hook
and Crash connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A lazy body kick from Andersen
and Crash counters with a body kick.
Crash slips under a jab from Andersen.
Crash connects with a leg kick. Andersen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Crash lands a nice hook to Andersen's body. Andersen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Andersen misses with a looping left.
Andersen tries to clinch but Crash moves out of range.
Crash throws a head kick but Andersen moves out of range.
Andersen throws a jab but it's blocked by Crash.
Crash paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jon Erik Andersen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andersen throws a head kick but Crash moves out of range.
Crash looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Andersen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Andersen swings for the body but Crash moves out of range.
Good work by Andersen as he checks the leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andersen misses with a hook. Crash ducked under it nicely.
Crash looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Andersen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Andersen jabs Crash to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Andersen takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Crash throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Andersen scores with a shot to the body.
Andersen misses with a jab to the body
and Crash counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Crash throws the kick towards the body but Andersen avoids it.
Crash throws a head kick that misses.
Crash takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andersen lands with a right hand.
Andersen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Andersen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crash manages to avoid it.
Crash fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Andersen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Andersen throws a leg kick which misses Crash's front leg but catches the back leg as Crash tries to avoid it.
Andersen misses with a series of wild punches.
Crash lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A head kick misses from Crash.
Crash fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Andersen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Andersen connects with a body shot that sends Crash's belly button to the back.
Crash scores with a head kick.
Crash misses with a kick to the body.
Andersen throws a shot from downtown. Crash moves away and avoids it.
Crash tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Andersen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Andersen connects with a good right hand that stumbles Crash. Crash circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Crash walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Andersen checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Crash keeps the fight on the outside.
Crash tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crash throws a nice head kick!
Andersen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Andersen scores with a punch to the head.
Crash checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Skull Crash is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Crash uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Andersen.
Jab, jab by Andersen - just one landing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Andersen throws a big shot that misses.
Andersen misses with a hook
and Crash counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A lazy body kick from Andersen
and Crash counters with a nice leg kick.
Andersen tries to bum rush Crash with a series of wild strikes but Crash uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jon Erik Andersen.
Well Crash has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:29
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:29
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:30
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bowman Rook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul McCracken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Bowman Rook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul McCracken!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCracken circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rook connects with a leg kick. McCracken looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
McCracken throws a lazy head kick
and Rook counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rook trying to control but McCracken is working from the bottom.
McCracken working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rook.
Rook working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of McCracken's head.
Rook throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rook postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rook loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rook trying to control the position from guard on top but McCracken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McCracken tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rook lands a couple of digs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rook throwing strikes but missing.
Rook slips nicely into half guard.
McCracken keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
McCracken wants to get back to full guard.
Rook wants to pass the guard but McCracken is defending well.
McCracken is trying to get back to full guard.
McCracken tries to kick Rook off but Rook keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rook wants to lay and pray for a moment but McCracken keeps working.
Rook works his foot free and advances to mount.
Rook looking to secure an arm triangle but McCracken defends it well.
Rook lands a big shot there that rocks McCracken but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rook is landing with some decent strikes but McCracken is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rook postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. McCracken looks a forlorn figure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rook is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. McCracken can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
McCracken is rocked!
A nice elbow there by Rook.
McCracken is still in real trouble! Can Rook finish him?
Rook postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked McCracken badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Rook around the waist but Rook pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Rook is the winner by TKO! Rook jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bowman Rook!
Bowman Rook was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Davis Davies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Efriam Haldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Davies comes to the cage accompanied by Wars Of Islam. On his way into the cage it seems that Davis Davies has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Davis Davies seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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144 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Davis Davies!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Efriam Haldi!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Davies looks to land a left hand but Haldi moved out of range nicely.
Haldi throws a nice head kick!
Haldi misses with a hook.
Davies circles away from the clinch attempt.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Haldi has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Davies throws a leg kick but Haldi sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Jab, jab by Davies - just one landing.
Haldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Davies.
Davies gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Haldi's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Haldi duly obliges.
Haldi shoots in and gets a takedown into Davies's guard.
Haldi is pushing down on Davies's leg trying to pass to half guard. Davies is fighting to maintain full guard but Haldi has managed to sneak the leg through.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davies manages to get to full guard.
Haldi won't allow Davies to sweep him here.
Haldi trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Davies keeping moving, preventing Haldi from controlling successfully.
Davies bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Haldi's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haldi wants to sweep here but Davies controlling him for the moment.
Davies trying to control but Haldi is working from the bottom.
Davies tries to free his leg and advance position but Haldi is retaining full guard.
Haldi bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Davies's guard.
Haldi trying to control the position from guard on top but Davies is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haldi got a little sloppy there for a moment and Davies has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Haldi has managed to get both his arms back between Davies's legs - danger averted.
Davies looking for a sweep. Not yet Davies, not yet.
Haldi postures up.
Davies keeping full guard, as Haldi tries to pass.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Haldi pushing down on Davies's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Haldi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Haldi trying to advance position but Davies counters by regaining guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haldi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davies swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Davies keeping moving, preventing Haldi from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haldi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davies swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Davies working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Davies working a defensive guard but Haldi passes into half guard.
Haldi is looking to take a break and control but Davies is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Haldi is pressing down on Davies's thigh, looking to free his foot. Davies is holding on for now.
Haldi is working for a submission of some sort.
Davies manages to get to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davies looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Haldi has picked Davies up and slammed him! Davies can't keep hold of the triangle and Haldi manages to pass to side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Efriam Haldi dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Haldi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Haldi misses with a two punch combination.
Haldi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Davies.
Haldi fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Davies to the ground. Haldi is now in Davies's guard.
Davies wants to sweep but no luck.
Haldi is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Davies managing to control the position.
Haldi wants to pass the guard but Davies is keeping the position.
Davies trying to keep a closed guard but Haldi is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Davies is on top in guard.
Haldi can't keep his opponent in guard - Davies advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Davies is pressing down on Haldi's thigh, looking to free his foot. Haldi is holding on for now.
Haldi wants to get back to full guard.
Davies is thwarting Haldi's attempts to control the position.
Haldi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Davies pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davies trying to control from half guard but Haldi is working away.
Efriam Haldi has got the better of the ground game so far.
Haldi looking for submissions off his back.
Davies passes into side control, despite Haldi's attempt to control the position.
Haldi is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Davies's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Haldi wants to improve his position but Davies is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies working the head and body with strikes.
Haldi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Davies pulls his head out easily.
Haldi is pressing down on Davies's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Haldi is looking to sweep but instead, Davies has passed into half guard.
Davies moves nicely into side control.
Davies trying to control the position but Haldi is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haldi takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Davies advances nicely into full mount.
Haldi avoids a series of strikes thrown by Davies.
Haldi stops Davies from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Davies trying to control but Haldi is having none of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haldi slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Davis Davies will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A jab lands there for Davies.
Haldi blocks a low kick nicely.
Nice defenses there by Haldi.
Haldi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Davies.
Davies connects with a crisp jab.
Haldi lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Haldi rushes Davies and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Haldi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Davies has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Haldi has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Davies clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Davies is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Good control from Haldi.
Haldi tightening his grip on Davies, looking for the choke.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davies can't escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davies is keeping busy.
Haldi has the hooks in. Davies is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Davies is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Haldi gets his way!
Haldi patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
I really don't envy Davies right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haldi patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Haldi wants to control but Davies manages to buck him off and is now in Haldi's guard! Nice work there by Davies!
Haldi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Davies manages to get himself to full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haldi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Davies swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Haldi advances to half guard.
Davies tries to roll over but Haldi keeps him under control.
Haldi is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Davies sees it coming and defends easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davies is trying to get back to full guard.
Haldi looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Haldi prevents Davies from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Davies is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Haldi's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Haldi's back!
Haldi breaks Davies's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Davies looking for a guillotine here but Haldi defends easily.
Haldi forces his way into half guard.
Davies looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Haldi pushes past his half guard into mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Davies is in all sorts of trouble here.
Davies tries to hold on but Haldi pushes him away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Efriam Haldi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Haldi has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Efriam Haldi!
After winning the bout, Efriam Haldi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Davis Davies spoke after the fight, saying 'I apologise for being an ass.'.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ramus Arthanier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Rakhmanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arthanier comes to the cage accompanied by P.O.D. - Boom. Rakhmanov has chosen Russian national anthem as his entrance music. Mikhail Rakhmanov has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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188 lbs
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26
190 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ramus Arthanier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Rakhmanov!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rakhmanov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Arthanier.
Rakhmanov tries to clinch but Arthanier is having none of it.
Rakhmanov uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Arthanier has time to react.
Rakhmanov lands a slapping body shot.
Arthanier gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Arthanier lands with a straight right. Rakhmanov didn't see that one coming.
Rakhmanov connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rakhmanov takes one to the side of the head.
Nice cross by Arthanier.
Arthanier misses with a body kick.
Rakhmanov throws a jab but it's blocked by Arthanier.
Arthanier pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Arthanier connects with a solid leg kick.
Rakhmanov changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Arthanier tries to avoid it but Rakhmanov manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Arthanier to the ground. Arthanier escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
We've been informed that Rakhmanov has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rakhmanov. Arthanier does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rakhmanov throws a nice looking combination but Arthanier bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rakhmanov scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheers as Arthanier lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rakhmanov doesn't seem phased though.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Rakhmanov.
Arthanier sizes up Rakhmanov with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A clash of legs there as Rakhmanov blocks the low kick.
Rakhmanov shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ramus Arthanier has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mikhail Rakhmanov.
Rakhmanov shoots in and drives through. Arthanier sprawls well.
Arthanier keeps the fight on the outside.
Arthanier misses the jab.
Rakhmanov looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've been told by Arthanier's head coaches at Hunter's hideout that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Rakhmanov misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arthanier.
Rakhmanov misses with a straight left.
Rakhmanov has a takedown stuffed.
Arthanier lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arthanier throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A punch combination from Arthanier misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Arthanier.
Rakhmanov shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Arthanier sprawls well. Arthanier wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Rakhmanov gets slowly back to his feet.
Arthanier closes the distance and clinches.
Arthanier lands a body punch.
Rakhmanov stalling.
Rakhmanov tries to throw a body punch but Arthanier avoids it by throwing Rakhmanov back against the cage.
Rakhmanov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Arthanier tries to work over Rakhmanov's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Arthanier on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Arthanier breaks the clinch.
Rakhmanov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arthanier jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Arthanier moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A lazy left from Rakhmanov finds it's target.
Arthanier is looking to chop away at Rakhmanov's legs.
Ramus Arthanier seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Arthanier is looking to land body kicks.
Rakhmanov ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Arthanier lands a jab to the nose.
Arthanier feints and then cracks Rakhmanov's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rakhmanov down.
Arthanier has taken the fight to the clinch.
Arthanier works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Arthanier lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Arthanier digs a right hand into Rakhmanov's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Rakhmanov's gas tank.
A shot in the inside from Arthanier.
Rakhmanov letting Arthanier take a breather here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rakhmanov tightens his grip and picks Arthanier up, before dumping him to the ground. Arthanier manages to land in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rakhmanov lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rakhmanov connects with a couple of short punches.
Arthanier keeping full guard, as Rakhmanov tries to pass.
Rakhmanov preventing the sweep.
Arthanier is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rakhmanov is controlling him.
Arthanier looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rakhmanov is looking to work some ground and pound but Arthanier has wrist control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rakhmanov throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rakhmanov missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rakhmanov with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Arthanier is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ramus Arthanier will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rakhmanov cracks the inside of Arthanier's front leg.
Rakhmanov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rakhmanov checks the leg kick.
Rakhmanov lands with a kick to the ribs.
Rakhmanov lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Arthanier scores with a push kick.
Rakhmanov tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Arthanier swivels and escapes.
Arthanier scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The fighters circling - Arthanier throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Arthanier connects with a nice looking jab.
Arthanier misses with an uppercut.
Rakhmanov checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Arthanier throws a leg kick that misses.
Arthanier throws a right hand that misses
and Rakhmanov counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arthanier makes his way to full guard, as Rakhmanov worked for a kimura.
Arthanier is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rakhmanov preventing the sweep.
Rakhmanov chips away with some ground and pound.
Arthanier keeping full guard, as Rakhmanov tries to pass.
Arthanier preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rakhmanov with a flurry of punches that miss.
Arthanier wants to sweep but no luck.
Rakhmanov postures up in Arthanier's guard and throws a big left but Arthanier blocks it.
Mikhail Rakhmanov has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arthanier looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Arthanier is working hard here to advance position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rakhmanov's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Arthanier is looking to stand up but Rakhmanov isn't so interested in that idea.
Rakhmanov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rakhmanov scoring with some ground and pound.
Rakhmanov distracts Arthanier with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rakhmanov with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rakhmanov passes Arthanier's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Ground and pound from Rakhmanov.
Rakhmanov works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rakhmanov wants to control the pace but Arthanier is squirming around nicely.
Rakhmanov has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rakhmanov throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
A nice elbow there by Rakhmanov.
Rakhmanov throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rakhmanov cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Rakhmanov with a couple of short strikes.
Arthanier tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rakhmanov lands a couple of good shots and Arthanier has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rakhmanov scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Rakhmanov throwing damaging strikes from the back! Arthanier could be in trouble here!
Arthanier is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rakhmanov is raining down hard shots and and Arthanier has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mikhail Rakhmanov!
Mikhail Rakhmanov seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Avery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grigory Gukepshev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gukepshev has chosen Iron Man as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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24
275 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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300 lbs
9 - 0 - 0 |
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Dangerous knees
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Avery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Grigory Gukepshev!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Avery tries a low kick but Gukepshev avoids it.
Avery lands a nice looking kick to the body. Gukepshev takes a step back to recover.
Avery chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gukepshev misses with a looping right.
A swing and a miss from Gukepshev.
Avery throws a head kick that Gukepshev semi-blocks.
Avery shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Gukepshev looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Avery fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Gukepshev checks it well.
A jab from Gukepshev misses.
Gukepshev misses the jab.
Avery takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Both fighters circling a little - Avery finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Avery lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gukepshev's sensitive parts.
Avery throws the kick towards the body but Gukepshev avoids it.
Gukepshev throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Avery sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gukepshev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Avery can pounce on him.
Gukepshev throws a hook to the side of Avery's head but Avery sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gukepshev uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Avery has time to react.
We've been hearing reports that Avery has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Avery ducks under a wild hook from Gukepshev.
A slow jab from Gukepshev misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avery moves out of range of the strikes.
Gukepshev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gukepshev misses with a hook.
Avery lands with a thumping leg kick.
Avery ducks under a wild hook from Gukepshev.
Avery scores with a shot to the body.
Gukepshev chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Avery can pounce on him.
Avery bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gukepshev takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Avery throws a nice inside leg kick.
Avery feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gukepshev's calf.
Gukepshev misses with an uppercut
and Avery counters with a low kick, right behind Gukepshev 's knee.
Gukepshev looks winded!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Gukepshev throws a lazy uppercut
and Avery connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Avery takes the fight into the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Avery crunches a lovely knee into Gukepshev's ribcage.
Avery's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avery lands a body punch.
Gukepshev's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Avery stalling.
Gukepshev takes a knee to the side of the body.
Avery throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gukepshevs head.
A left hand lands to the body for Avery.
Avery works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Avery working Gukepshev over with knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Avery.
Avery scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Avery lands a body punch.
Avery dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Avery digs a right hand underneath Gukepshev's ribcage. Gukepshev let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Avery throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gukepshevs head.
Avery presses Gukepshev against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Avery stalling against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Avery.
Avery lands a hook that snaps the head of Gukepshev backwards.
Avery manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Gukepshev has a couple of punches blocked by Avery.
Gukepshev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Avery is trying to pull guard but Gukepshev turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Gukepshev misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Avery misses with a punch to the body.
Avery lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Avery lands a shoulder strike.
Avery landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Avery lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Avery.
Gukepshev's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Avery lands a shoulder strike.
Avery is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Avery lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Avery prevents Gukepshev from breaking the clinch.
Avery lands with a right to the head.
Gukepshev goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gukepshev takes a knee to the side of the body.
Avery works on Gukepshev's body with a couple of short punches.
Avery connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Grigory Gukepshev has been cut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Avery.
Avery utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Avery goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Avery.
Gukepshev misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Avery.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Avery lands with a short shot to the head.
Gukepshev misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Avery.
Gukepshev is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
A short right from Avery.
Come on Avery - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Avery dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grigory Gukepshev's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Avery connects with a crisp jab.
Gukepshev misses with a left hand
and Avery counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
No joy there for Gukepshev, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gukepshev might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Avery lands a right hook to the body.
Avery feints and then cracks Gukepshev's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gukepshev down.
Avery has Gukepshev up against the cage in a clinch.
Avery lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gukepshev misses with a hook from the clinch.
Avery lands a nice uppercut.
Avery throws a knee to the head but misses.
Avery tries to work over Gukepshev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Avery lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gukepshev is breathing heavily.
Avery misses with a punch to the body.
Marcus Avery has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gukepshev misses with a short punch on the inside.
Avery blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gukepshev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gukepshev throws an off balance right hand
and Avery counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Avery fakes the leg kick and cracks Gukepshev in the body.
Gukepshev throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Avery lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Avery lands with a kick to the temple. Gukepshev shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Avery turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Avery moves into range and connects with a jab.
Avery clinches.
Avery makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short body shot lands from Avery as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Avery - that landed with a thud.
Avery lands a right hand.
Avery unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gukepshev lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Avery lands a hook that snaps the head of Gukepshev backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Avery.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avery unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right hand to the body from Avery.
Avery content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Avery.
Avery dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Avery tries to throw a body punch but Gukepshev avoids it by throwing Avery back against the cage.
Avery is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gukepshev can do to turn this around?
Gukepshev tries to break free but Avery pushes him back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Avery.
Gukepshev tries to circle away but Avery has him pinned against the cage.
Avery tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Avery lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Avery gets through Gukepshev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gukepshev misses with a punch on the inside.
Gukepshev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Avery connects with a knee to the head.
Avery lands with a short shot to the head.
Avery tries to work over Gukepshev's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gukepshev misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avery lands with a right to the head.
Avery utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Avery content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Avery gets through Gukepshev's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Gukepshev wants to break free but Avery has control.
Avery gets a trip takedown into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gukepshev blocking the ground and pound attempt from Avery.
Avery seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gukepshev does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Avery is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Avery tries to pass the half guard into mount. Gukepshev knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Avery sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gukepshev defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avery working Gukepshev over with strikes.
Avery keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Avery prevents Gukepshev from improving his position.
Avery thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Gukepshev's head.
Gukepshev is staying active underneath Avery, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gukepshev trying to control from the bottom.
Avery working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Avery landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Avery wants to pass the guard but Gukepshev is defending well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Avery is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Gukepshev wants to improve his position but Avery is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Avery dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Grigory Gukepshev's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Avery misses with a low kick.
Avery scores with a jab to the body.
Gukepshev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Avery.
Avery takes the fight into the clinch.
Avery works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Avery chips away with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Avery's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gukepshev wants to sweep but no luck.
Gukepshev is looking to stand up but Avery isn't so interested in that idea.
Avery wants to control from the top but Gukepshev keeps moving.
Avery postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gukepshev takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gukepshev is looking to stand up but Avery isn't so interested in that idea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gukepshev keeping moving, preventing Avery from controlling successfully.
Avery stands up over Gukepshev, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Avery stopping the sweep attempt from Gukepshev.
Avery stops Gukepshev from standing up.
Avery is working Gukepshev over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Avery is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Avery postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Avery wants to control from the top but Gukepshev keeps moving.
Grigory Gukepshev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gukepshev is controlling Avery's posture.
Marcus Avery overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Avery postures up in Gukepshev's guard and throws a big left but Gukepshev blocks it.
Gukepshev wants to sweep here but Avery controlling him for the moment.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Avery trying to control but Gukepshev is working from the bottom.
Avery has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We're going to have a standup here because Marcus Avery wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Gukepshev throws a lazy right hand but Avery sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grigory Gukepshev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gukepshev tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avery lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gukepshev misses with an uppercut. Avery saw that one coming.
Avery throws a head kick that half lands.
A combination from Gukepshev does no damage.
Avery lands a head kick. Gukepshev smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Avery fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gukepshev has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A jab from Gukepshev misses.
Avery blocks a jab.
Marcus Avery is winning the standup battle so far.
Gukepshev takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Avery.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Avery scoring well with a low kick there.
Avery lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gukepshev's sensitive parts.
Avery scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Avery lands a head shot.
Gukepshev throws the left hand but Avery avoids the punch easily.
Gukepshev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Avery - that will leave a mark!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gukepshev tries to bum rush Avery with a series of wild strikes but Avery uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gukepshev takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Avery chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gukepshev takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Avery clinches.
Gukepshev throws a punch but it's blocked by Avery.
Avery is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Gukepshev working aggressively here.
Avery blocks an uppercut.
Avery landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Avery misses with a hook to the ribs.
Avery throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Avery lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Avery.
A right hand to the body from Avery.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Avery lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gukepshev backwards.
Avery is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gukepshev is keeping busy.
Avery cracks Gukepshev with a nice body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Avery showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Avery has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Avery!
Post fight, Marcus Avery stared into the camera and said 'I am Back baby ,I can't be beat, I won't be beat, had a great camp, thanks to Taco and the boys, Steel and all my fans. I know everyone in the UK was watching me kick some ass. It doesn't stop here, I'm gonna be pound for pound number one, Steel and Assasi know it, I'm hung too!'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yoshihiro Imanari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Judge Machina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Machina has chosen Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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29
165 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
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25
162 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Yoshihiro Imanari!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Judge Machina!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Imanari tries to score a power double leg takedown but Machina sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Imanari somewhat.
Imanari misses with a hook. Machina ducked under it nicely.
Imanari misses with a right hand
and Machina counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Machina.
Machina throws an elbow but it misses.
Machina tries to land knees in the clinch but Imanari avoids the damage to the body.
Imanari wants a takedown but no success here.
Imanari changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Machina fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoshihiro Imanari. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Machina stuffs the takedown attempt from Imanari. Imanari gets slowly back to his feet.
Machina avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machina stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Machina wants it to stay on the feet.
Imanari swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Machina holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Machina with a knee to the head.
Imanari has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Imanari avoids a wild elbow strike from Machina.
Machina is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Machina connects with a nasty looking knee right to Imanari's face.
Imanari definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Machina using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Imanari tries to break free but Machina pushes him back against the cage.
Machina looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Machina throws an elbow that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Machina obliges.
Machina throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Imanari is trying to pull guard but Machina has him pressed against the cage.
Machina lands a damaging elbow.
Imanari's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Imanari throws a poor cross that misses
and Machina counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Machina.
Machina is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Imanari is defending well for now.
Imanari blocks an elbow strike.
Imanari avoids the elbow strike from Machina, against the cage.
Machina pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Machina throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Imanari blocks an elbow strike from Machina.
Imanari dodges an elbow strike from Machina.
Machina misses with a knee to the head.
Machina creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machina comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Imanari has Machina pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machina lands a damaging elbow.
Machina pushes off an throws an elbow but Imanari leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Machina comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Nice elbow from Machina.
Machina crunches a lovely knee into Imanari's ribcage.
Machina comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Imanari blocks an elbow strike from Machina.
With the fighters up against the cage, Machina throws an elbow but misses.
Machina connects with a knee to the head.
Imanari tries for a takedown. No joy.
Imanari blocks an elbow strike from Machina.
Imanari dodges an elbow strike from Machina.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Imanari jumps guard but Machina stands there with Imanari around his waist. Imanari gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Imanari on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Imanari is trying to break the clinch but Machina is controlling him.
Imanari wants the takedown. Machina is fighting it off but Imanari persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Machina's guard against the cage.
Imanari trying to control the position from guard on top but Machina is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Machina tries to strike from the bottom.
Machina has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Imanari wants to control from the top but Machina keeps moving.
Yoshihiro Imanari has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Imanari misses with a body shot.
Machina has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Imanari is landing a low percentage of strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Imanari misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Judge Machina dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Imanari throws a lazy right hand but Machina sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Imanari misses with a double jab
and Machina counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Machina.
Imanari is working for takedown but Machina is calmly controlling the position for now.
Machina misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Imanari.
Machina connects with a nasty looking knee right to Imanari's face.
Machina blocks an elbow strike.
Machina misses with an elbow over the top.
Machina throws a knee to the head but misses.
Machina pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Imanari has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Machina is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Machina lands a nice elbow.
Machina throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Imanari blocks an elbow strike from Machina.
Machina creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Imanari blocks an elbow strike from Machina.
Imanari lands a takedown into guard.
Machina trying to keep a closed guard but Imanari is proving a slippery customer.
Imanari being controlled here momentarily.
Imanari preventing the sweep.
Machina is trying to keep Imanari in close.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Judge Machina hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Imanari will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoshihiro Imanari. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imanari throws a combination that misses
and Machina counters by moving into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Machina throws an elbow but misses.
Imanari is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Machina gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Nice elbow from Machina.
It looks like Yoshihiro Imanari has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Imanari wants to break free but Machina has control.
Machina looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Imanari avoids the elbow strike from Machina, against the cage.
Machina creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Imanari's defenses.
Imanari has hold of one of Machina's legs. Machina is fighting the takedown attempt but Imanari gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Machina not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Machina wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Imanari looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Judge Machina hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Imanari throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Imanari connects with a jab.
Imanari misses with a body shot.
Imanari misses with a jab, cross combination.
Imanari looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Machina is fending him off so far but Imanari persists. Nope, Machina circles away and we're back to standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Imanari misses.
Imanari is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Machina's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Imanari misses with a hook
and Machina holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Imanari avoids the elbow strike from Machina, against the cage.
Machina tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Imanari blocks the elbow strike.
Judge Machina seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Machina misses with an elbow over the top.
Machina looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Imanari blocks an elbow strike.
Machina creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Machina misses with an elbow strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Machina throws an elbow but it misses.
Imanari avoids the elbow strike from Machina, against the cage.
Imanari tries to break free but Machina pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Judge Machina showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Yoshihiro Imanari's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Imanari throws an off balance right hand
and Machina counters by clinching up.
Machina misses with an elbow strike.
Machina tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Imanari goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Machina lands an elbow that stopped Imanari in his tracks for a moment.
Imanari takes an elbow to the forehead.
Machina creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Imanari's defenses.
Machina creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Imanari gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Machina regains guard.
Machina trying to control the position here.
Machina keeping moving, preventing Imanari from controlling successfully.
Imanari with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Imanari working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Machina seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Yoshihiro Imanari overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Imanari wants to control from the top but Machina keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Imanari misses with a wild combination.
Imanari misses with a hook.
Machina uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Imanari.
Imanari lands with a nice combination. Machina backs away looking to recover.
Judge Machina is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Imanari misses with a left hand
and Machina counters by moving into the clinch.
Imanari is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Imanari fails to pull guard.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Machina just misses with a elbow thrown towards Imanari's brow.
Imanari is trying to break the clinch but Machina is controlling him.
Imanari dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Imanari is working for takedown but Machina is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Yoshihiro Imanari. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machina lands a nice knee to the body.
Imanari is trying to pull guard but Machina has him pressed against the cage.
Machina prevents a takedown attempt there.
Imanari wants to break free but Machina has control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Imanari tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Imanari on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Machina tries to land a knee to the head but Imanari blocks with his arms.
Yoshihiro Imanari has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Imanari is trying to pull guard but Machina has him pressed against the cage.
Imanari fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Imanari is stalling here.
Imanari throws an elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshihiro Imanari showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Machina has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Judge Machina!
Our winner, Judge Machina, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dean Winchester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louis has chosen Stand up and Fight as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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169 lbs
16 - 4 - 0 |
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World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dean Winchester!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Martin Louis!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Louis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Winchester throws a low kick, looking for Louis's leg but Louis calmly moves out of range.
Winchester looks to land a right hand but Louis moved out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Winchester, right into the meat.
Winchester blocks a jab.
Winchester tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Louis scores with a hook.
Louis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Winchester paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A cross from Winchester lands.
Dean Winchester seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winchester fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Winchester takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Louis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Louis avoids the head kick by Winchester.
Winchester connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A looping hook to the body misses from Winchester. Louis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Winchester circles away from the clinch attempt.
Winchester dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Louis. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winchester does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Louis misses with a body shot.
Louis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Winchester.
Louis jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Winchester shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Louis sprawls well. Louis wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Winchester gets slowly back to his feet.
Winchester throws a low kick, looking for Louis's leg but Louis calmly moves out of range.
Louis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Winchester momentarily.
Winchester takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Louis clinches up against the cage.
Winchester misses with a body punch.
Winchester working aggressively here.
Louis misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Louis on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winchester throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Louis blocks it with crossed arms.
Louis tries to throw a body punch but Winchester avoids it by throwing Louis back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis blocks an uppercut.
We've been hearing reports that Winchester has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Winchester taking a breather.
Winchester fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Louis.
Winchester is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Louis to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dean Winchester. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Louis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Winchester lands with a light punch inside.
Louis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Winchester lands a right hand.
Louis lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Louis lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Winchester backwards.
Winchester is trying to pull guard but Louis has him pressed against the cage.
Louis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Louis throws a punch but it's blocked by Winchester.
Louis misses with a body punch.
Winchester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Louis lands a shot to the body.
Louis throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis lands with a right to the head.
Louis misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Winchester creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Good body shot from Louis.
Louis prevents a body shot from Winchester.
A nice left hand lands by Winchester.
Louis lands a body punch.
Winchester is breathing heavily.
Louis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Winchester blocks an uppercut.
Louis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Louis tries to throw a body punch but Winchester avoids it by throwing Louis back against the cage.
Winchester throws a head punch that misses.
Louis tries to throw a body punch but Winchester avoids it by throwing Louis back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Winchester tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Louis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Louis blocks the elbow strike.
Still in the clinch, Louis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Winchester is rocked!
Louis throws a big uppercut that drops Winchester! More strikes from Louis and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Winchester lies dazed against the cage as Louis celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Martin Louis!
Martin Louis thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeff Glover (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fabio Vendetta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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190 lbs
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200 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jeff Glover!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Fabio Vendetta!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Konstantin Menshow and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vendetta uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Vendetta throws an overhand right that lands on Glover's shoulder, as Glover tries to avoid the shot.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Vendetta has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Vendetta throws a leg kick but Glover sees it coming and moves out of range.
Vendetta thows a body shot but no joy.
Vendetta tries to clinch up.
Glover takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Glover goes for a double leg but Vendetta avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Vendetta continues to drive forward.
Vendetta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vendetta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Glover's elbow.
Vendetta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Vendetta fails to land.
Nice body punch from Vendetta - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vendetta throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vendetta gets underhooks to prevent Glover's takedown attempt.
Glover tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Vendetta smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jeff Glover. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vendetta drops Glover with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Glover looks back up at him and smiles so Vendetta waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Vendetta punishes Glover's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vendetta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vendetta throws a leg kick but Glover sees it coming and moves out of range.
Vendetta feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Glover sprawling to the canvas! Glover rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Vendetta finish him?!
Glover is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big right followed by a crushing left from Vendetta knocks Glover out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Fabio Vendetta!
Fabio Vendetta thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Grant Vanguard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Carlos Linhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Grant Vanguard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Carlos Linhares!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Valeri Chadov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vanguard thumps Linhares with a low kick.
Vanguard looks to land a body kick but Linhares moved away.
Linhares checks a leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vanguard.
Vanguard looks to score with a jab to the body but Linhares is just out of range.
Jab by Vanguard.
Linhares throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Linhares with a hook.
Linhares thuds a left hand into Vanguard's body.
Vanguard throws a head kick but Linhares moves out of range.
Vanguard misses with a low kick.
Vanguard throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Vanguard scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Linhares scores with a sloppy right hand. Vanguard should have avoided that one.
Vanguard tries a head kick but it misses.
Vanguard throws a shot from downtown. Linhares moves away and avoids it.
Linhares misses with a hook.
Vanguard waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Linhares.
Linhares moves out of range as Vanguard throws a body kick.
Vanguard attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Linhares has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Vanguard swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanguard looks to land a body kick but Linhares moved away.
Vanguard looks to land a left hand but Linhares moved out of range nicely.
Vanguard looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Linhares feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vanguard's calf.
Vanguard throws a leg kick but Linhares sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Linhares.
Vanguard tries to move into range but Linhares moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Vanguard throws a head kick but Linhares moves out of range.
Linhares scores with a sloppy right hand. Vanguard should have avoided that one.
Linhares looks for the body kick but Vanguard saw that one coming.
A big right from Vanguard misses.
Linhares misses with a body kick.
Vanguard throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Linhares sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Linhares throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Vanguard.
Vanguard throws a hook but Linhares avoids it easily.
Linhares moves out of range as Vanguard throws a body kick.
Linhares swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Vanguard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linhares keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Vanguard goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Vanguard walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Linhares checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Linhares connects with an inside leg kick.
Linhares finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Vanguard throws a head kick but Linhares moves out of range.
Vanguard thows a leg kick but Linhares checks it
and Linhares counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Linhares is looking to slow Vanguard down with leg kicks.
Linhares scores with a punch to the head.
Vanguard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Linhares scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vanguard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A shot to the liver by Vanguard. Beautiful body shot.
Linhares is looking to score with low kicks.
Vanguard misses with a head kick.
Vanguard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Linhares walks into a jab.
Linhares lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linhares throws a body kick that misses.
Vanguard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Linhares is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Vanguard had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Linhares fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vanguard checks it well.
Linhares thuds his shin into the meat of Vanguard's side.
Vanguard throws a leg kick which misses Linhares's front leg but catches the back leg as Linhares tries to avoid it.
Vanguard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Linhares ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Linhares lands a glancing blow to the side of Vanguard's head.
Vanguard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Linhares. Linhares obviously looking to wear him down.
Linhares scores with the left hand. Vanguard knows he should have avoided that one.
Linhares bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Vanguard blocks a head kick by Linhares.
Linhares misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Linhares lands with a slapping head kick.
Linhares lands with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Linhares throws a quick inside leg kick.
Linhares displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vanguard throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linhares throws a leg kick which misses Vanguard's front leg but catches the back leg as Vanguard tries to avoid it.
Vanguard fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Linhares checks it well.
A telegraphed right hand from Linhares misses the target.
Linhares jabs Vanguard to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Vanguard throws a hook but Linhares avoids it easily.
Vanguard dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vanguard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vanguard misses with a low kick as Linhares jumps back.
Vanguard takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Vanguard cracks Linhares with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Vanguard moves out of range as Linhares throws a body kick.
Vanguard scores with a nice head shot.
Vanguard misses with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Good leg kick by Linhares there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Linhares throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Linhares pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Linhares throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Linhares throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vanguard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Grant Vanguard will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Linhares bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Vanguard's head backwards.
Vanguard throws a body kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Linhares.
A bone on bone clash there as Linhares blocks the leg kick.
Linhares dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Vanguard blocks the body kick.
Vanguard takes a jab right on the kisser.
Vanguard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vanguard moves out of range of the body kick from Linhares.
Linhares lands a right hook to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Linhares.
Vanguard throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Vanguard misses with a wild body shot.
Vanguard misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Linhares misses the target.
Linhares tries to land a leg kick but Vanguard saw it coming and moves away.
Linhares scores with a shot to the body.
Linhares moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares looks to land a body kick but Vanguard moved away.
Linhares on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Linhares avoids the head kick by Vanguard.
Vanguard moves forwards but Linhares connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A shot to the liver by Linhares. Beautiful body shot.
Linhares uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vanguard.
Linhares checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Vanguard misses.
Linhares just misses with a punch to the body.
Linhares swings for the body but Vanguard moves out of range.
Vanguard takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Vanguard missing with a left hand there. Linhares was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Luis Carlos Linhares seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Linhares ducks under a wild hook from Vanguard.
Linhares on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Linhares tests Vanguard's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Linhares.
Linhares looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Vanguard is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linhares avoids the head kick by Vanguard.
Vanguard throws a leg kick but Linhares moved away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Linhares feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vanguard's calf.
Linhares jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Linhares tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Linhares throws a head kick but Vanguard moves out of range.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A slapping leg kick lands for Linhares.
The crowd cheers as Vanguard lands an impressive looking overhand right. Linhares doesn't seem phased though.
Vanguard moves out of range of the body kick.
Vanguard takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Linhares lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Linhares throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vanguard throws a low kick, looking for Linhares's leg but Linhares calmly moves out of range.
Vanguard tries a low kick but Linhares avoids it.
Vanguard attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Vanguard takes one on the button.
Vanguard throws the left hand but Linhares avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Linhares lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vanguard takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Vanguard takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vanguard looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Linhares lands with an overhand left.
Linhares ducks under a wild hook from Vanguard.
Nice uppercut lands for Linhares. That snapped Vanguard's head back.
Vanguard throws a low kick but Linhares avoids it.
Vanguard needs to keep his hands up - Linhares had a free shot at his head there.
Vanguard takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Vanguard tries to work over Linhares's front leg with a kick but Linhares checks it.
Good shot there by Linhares.
Vanguard on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Vanguard throws a low kick but Linhares moves out of range easily.
Linhares misses the jab.
Good work by Linhares as he checks the leg kick.
Linhares connects with a body shot that sends Vanguard's belly button to the back.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Linhares throws a head kick but Vanguard moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linhares lands a head shot.
Vanguard misses with an uppercut. Linhares saw that one coming.
Vanguard throws a jab when Linhares was well out of range.
Vanguard tried to score with a low kick but Linhares checks it.
Linhares throws a jab but it's blocked by Vanguard.
Linhares takes a swing at Vanguard's ribcage but misses.
Good standup being displayed there by Linhares as he connects with a hook.
Vanguard misses with a two punch combination.
Vanguard throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Vanguard misses with a low kick.
Vanguard moves out of range of the body kick.
Linhares scores with a push kick.
Linhares throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Vanguard throws a leg kick that is checked
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Vanguard tries to move into range but Linhares moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Linhares lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Linhares avoids the head kick by Vanguard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luis Carlos Linhares showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Linhares listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Linhares ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Vanguard misses the shot to the body.
Vanguard throws a right and a left that both miss.
Linhares feints and then cracks Vanguard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vanguard down.
Jab, jab by Linhares - just one landing.
Vanguard takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Linhares throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vanguard pivots, looking for a leg kick but Linhares is out of range and Vanguard settles back down.
Linhares looks to land a body kick but Vanguard moved away.
Linhares is looking to score with low kicks.
Vanguard throws a leg kick but Linhares checks it.
Vanguard lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Vanguard takes a jab right on the kisser.
Linhares connects with a leg kick. Vanguard looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Linhares lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice shot lands for Linhares.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vanguard takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares misses with a low kick.
Linhares throws a sloppy head kick and Vanguard moves out of range easily.
Linhares throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Vanguard stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Linhares misses with a body shot.
Vanguard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Linhares connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vanguard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Linhares lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick from Vanguard misses.
Linhares scores with a nice head shot.
Vanguard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vanguard swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Linhares missing with a left hand there. Vanguard was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Linhares bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Vanguard scores with a kick to the body.
Vanguard throws a leg kick but Linhares sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Linhares connects with a looping right hand.
Vanguard thows a body shot but no joy.
Vanguard misses with a straight right.
Linhares throws a quick inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Linhares.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Vanguard throws a sloppy head kick and Linhares moves out of range easily.
A jab lands there for Linhares.
Vanguard fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Linhares has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Vanguard lands a front kick.
Linhares lands an overhand right.
Vanguard connects with a looping right hand.
Vanguard misses with a straight right.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vanguard.
Linhares ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Linhares fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Vanguard checks it well.
Vanguard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A head kick misses from Vanguard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Linhares, right into the meat.
Vanguard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Vanguard with a nice cross.
A thudding body kick lands there by Linhares!
Vanguard throws a head kick but Linhares moves out of range.
Vanguard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Linhares checks a leg kick.
Vanguard shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Linhares moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Vanguard takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A cross from Linhares lands.
Linhares moves out of range of the strikes.
Linhares sizes up Vanguard with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Linhares throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Linhares, right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Linhares lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Vanguard at a distance.
Linhares tries to land a leg kick but Vanguard saw it coming and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard misses with an uppercut.
Vanguard takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A head kick by Vanguard misses
and Linhares connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vanguard misses with a leg kick.
Vanguard will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Linhares throws a low kick, looking for Vanguard's leg but Vanguard calmly moves out of range.
Linhares tries to land a front kick but Vanguard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Vanguard throws a head kick but Linhares moves out of range.
Vanguard misses with a body kick.
Vanguard tried to score with a low kick but Linhares checks it.
Linhares lands a jab to the nose.
A cross from Linhares lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A shot to the body from Vanguard misses
and Linhares counters with a stiff right hand.
Vanguard tries a head kick but it misses.
Linhares digs a good hook to Vanguard's body.
Linhares throws a head kick that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luis Carlos Linhares really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Good work by Linhares as he checks the leg kick.
Vanguard will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Linhares swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick by Vanguard misses
and Linhares counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Linhares lands with a shot to the body.
Vanguard blocks a low kick nicely.
Linhares scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vanguard lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vanguard pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vanguard takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vanguard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vanguard throws a looping overhand right but Linhares ducks down to avoid it.
Vanguard thows a body shot but no joy.
Vanguard throws out a leg kick but Linhares moves out of range and Vanguard only half commits.
Vanguard tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Linhares throws a hook but Vanguard avoids it easily.
Linhares staying out of range there.
Vanguard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vanguard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Linhares scoring well with a low kick there.
Linhares scores with a jab to the head.
Linhares throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vanguard tries to work over Linhares's front leg with a kick but Linhares checks it.
Linhares sizes up Vanguard with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Linhares slips a straight right by Vanguard.
Vanguard throws out a leg kick but Linhares moves out of range and Vanguard only half commits.
Linhares scores with a leg kick.
Linhares keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vanguard.
The fighters circle momentarily. Linhares darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vanguard feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Linhares's calf.
Linhares blocks a head kick by Vanguard.
Linhares does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
An inside leg kick from Vanguard misses.
Vanguard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Linhares. Linhares obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Vanguard throws a body punch but Linhares moves out of range.
A jab from Linhares does it's job there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linhares lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vanguard blocks the body kick.
Linhares cracks Vanguard with a right hand to the side of the head.
Linhares lands a right hook to the body.
Vanguard connects with a nice looking jab.
Linhares thows a body shot but no joy.
Linhares uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vanguard.
Vanguard takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Vanguard tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Linhares throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Vanguard connects with a solid leg kick.
Vanguard attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Linhares fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vanguard manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Linhares connects with a nice looking jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Linhares.
A jab lands there for Linhares.
Vanguard pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Vanguard throws a head kick that misses.
Linhares throws out a leg kick but Vanguard moves out of range and Linhares only half commits.
Linhares scores with a jab to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Linhares there.
Linhares slips a straight right by Vanguard.
Vanguard is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Linhares.
A head kick misses from Vanguard.
Vanguard connects with an inside leg kick.
Vanguard misses with a body kick.
Vanguard walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Linhares checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linhares cracks a nice hook into Vanguard's ribs.
Linhares scores with a punch to the head.
Linhares wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Linhares connects with a leg kick. Vanguard looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Linhares connects with a body shot that sends Vanguard's belly button to the back.
A lazy left from Linhares finds it's target.
Vanguard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Linhares looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Vanguard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Linhares looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Linhares comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Linhares gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Linhares checks a leg kick.
A left lands for Linhares.
Vanguard cracks the inside of Linhares's front leg.
Linhares moves out of range of the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luis Carlos Linhares dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Vanguard throws a leg kick
letting Linhares counter with a right hand.
Linhares moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Linhares dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vanguard. That did some damage!
Linhares on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vanguard. Vanguard obviously looking to wear him down.
Linhares works the jab nicely.
Vanguard lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Linhares throws a leg kick which misses Vanguard's front leg but catches the back leg as Vanguard tries to avoid it.
Vanguard on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Linhares throws a body kick that misses.
Linhares lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Vanguard cracks the inside of Linhares's front leg.
Vanguard lands with a shot to the body.
Linhares connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vanguard takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vanguard looks for the body kick but Linhares saw that one coming.
Linhares connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Linhares lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Linhares avoids a kick to the body.
Nice body kick from Vanguard.
Vanguard tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Vanguard uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Vanguard takes one on the button.
Vanguard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Linhares.
Vanguard wants to slow Linhares down by chopping away at his legs.
Linhares fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Vanguard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Linhares looks to score with a jab to the body but Vanguard is just out of range.
Linhares scores with a hook.
Vanguard moves out of range as Linhares throws a body kick.
Linhares pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A nice inside leg kick there by Linhares. That's going to slow Vanguard down.
Linhares digs a good body shot into Vanguard's ribs.
Vanguard tries a head kick but it misses.
Linhares uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vanguard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Vanguard.
Vanguard checks a leg kick.
Linhares checks the leg kick nicely there.
Linhares uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vanguard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Linhares moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Vanguard tries to land a leg kick but Linhares saw it coming and moves away.
Linhares scores with a jab to the jaw.
Linhares looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Vanguard cracks a nice hook into Linhares's ribs.
Vanguard changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vanguard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vanguard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vanguard feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Linhares's calf.
Linhares throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A leg kick checked by Linhares.
Vanguard lands a nice leg kick that just misses Linhares's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanguard thows a leg kick but Linhares checks it
and Linhares counters with an outside leg kick.
Linhares misses the shot to the body.
Linhares throws a hook but Vanguard avoids it easily.
Linhares feints and then cracks Vanguard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Vanguard down.
Linhares moves out of range as Vanguard strikes.
Vanguard lands a high kick!
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Vanguard misses with a low kick.
Linhares works Vanguard's body with a nice hook.
Linhares dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vanguard. That did some damage!
Linhares lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vanguard throws a head kick that misses.
Linhares takes a swing at Vanguard's ribcage but misses.
Vanguard tried to score with a low kick but Linhares checks it.
Linhares lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vanguard fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Linhares on the side of the head.
Vanguard ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Grant Vanguard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Linhares lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Linhares looking to land some kicks to the body here.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vanguard, right into the meat.
Vanguard throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Linhares throws a leg kick which misses Vanguard's front leg but catches the back leg as Vanguard tries to avoid it.
Linhares throws a nice inside leg kick.
Vanguard lands a leg kick that knocks Linhares off balance momentarily.
Vanguard has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Linhares finds it's way round the side to connect with Vanguard's head.
Linhares throws a sloppy head kick and Vanguard moves out of range easily.
Vanguard tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Linhares cracks Vanguard with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Vanguard misses the jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Linhares lands with a nice body punch.
Jab by Vanguard.
Luis Carlos Linhares is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Linhares throws a chopping leg kick but Vanguard manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
The fighters circling - Vanguard throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Luis Carlos Linhares.
Well Linhares has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 45:50
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 47:49
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luis Carlos Linhares!
A very excited looking Luis Carlos Linhares made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Lee Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khalid Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Daniels might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kid Rock - Bawitdaba . Hayes has chosen Flight of Icarus as his entrance music. Khalid Hayes is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bobby Lee Daniels!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khalid Hayes!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hayes moves out of range as Daniels throws a body kick.
Hayes moves out of range of the body kick from Daniels.
Hayes moves out of range as Daniels throws a body kick.
Hayes misses with a kick to the body.
Daniels has been working on his boxing with his coaches at RNC Sport Club in the buildup to the fight.
Hayes lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hayes lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hayes dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Daniels. That did some damage!
Daniels throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Hayes counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Daniels gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Hayes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daniels walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hayes.
Hayes throws a front kick aimed at Daniels's knee but Daniels avoids it well.
Hayes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daniels paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hayes ducks under a wild hook from Daniels.
Hayes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hayes throws a leg kick
and Daniels counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Daniels comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Hayes checks a leg kick.
Hayes throws a sloppy head kick and Daniels moves out of range easily.
Hayes is looking to land body kicks.
Daniels throws a sloppy head kick and Hayes moves out of range easily.
Hayes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A slow jab from Daniels misses its intended target.
A jab from Hayes finds it's way through Daniels's defenses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Daniels.
Daniels is looking to land body kicks.
Khalid Hayes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayes just misses with a punch to the body.
Daniels moves forwards but Hayes connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Daniels moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hayes throws a hook but Daniels blocks it.
Hayes tries a head kick but it misses.
Hayes throws a head kick that misses.
Hayes misses with a body shot.
Daniels scores with a jab to the head.
Daniels takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Daniels misses with a head kick.
Hayes throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Hayes lands a slapping body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels fails to land with a series of punches.
Daniels tries a low kick but Hayes avoids it.
Hayes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hayes is looking to chop away at Daniels's legs.
Daniels will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hayes lands with a nice body punch.
Crunch! Hayes slams his shin into Daniels's torso.
Daniels is breathing heavily.
Hayes misses with a low kick.
Hayes lands an overhand right.
Daniels gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hayes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hayes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Oooooh!!! Hayes has knocked Daniels down with a huge combo! Hayes steps away and waves a wobbly Daniels back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Bobby Lee Daniels has been cut.
Hayes checks a low kick from Daniels.
Hayes scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Daniels takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hayes lands a jab to Daniels's midsection.
Hayes tries to land a body kick
and Daniels makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hayes takes a swing at Daniels's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayes connects with an inside leg kick.
Daniels jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hayes misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalid Hayes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Lee Daniels's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fighters circling - Daniels throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hayes misses with a body shot.
Daniels throws a body kick that misses.
Hayes scores with a leg kick.
Daniels misses with a hook. Hayes ducked under it nicely.
Daniels takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hayes connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Daniels might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hayes throws a shot to the body.
Daniels needs to keep his hands up - Hayes had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daniels checks a leg kick.
A left lands for Hayes.
Daniels is rocked!
Daniels takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Oh Daniels is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Daniels throws the kick towards the body but Hayes avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes throws a push kick but Daniels slaps the foot to one side.
Daniels seems to have got his legs back now.
Daniels takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Hayes throws the kick towards the body but Daniels avoids it.
Hayes misses the shot to the body.
Hayes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hayes lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Daniels has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Daniels and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Good leg kick by Hayes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Daniels has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hayes.
Hayes scores with a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hayes scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daniels tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hayes is able to avoid easily.
Hayes checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Daniels.
Daniels swings widly with a right hand
and Hayes counters with a right hand to the body.
Daniels has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hayes.
Hayes chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hayes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hayes is looking to slow Daniels down with leg kicks.
Hayes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Daniels at a distance.
Hayes lands a jab to the nose.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hayes, as that shot connected.
Hayes throws a shot to the body.
Daniels is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Daniels on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Daniels looks to land a right hand but Hayes moved out of range.
Hayes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hayes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hayes lands a body shot.
Hayes cracks Daniels with an open hand slap.
Hayes takes a swing at Daniels's ribcage but misses.
Daniels moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hayes fakes the leg kick and cracks Daniels in the body.
Daniels looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Hayes scores with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hayes looks to score with a jab to the body but Daniels is just out of range.
Hayes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Daniels takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Daniels takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hayes.
Hayes lands a leg kick that knocks Daniels off balance momentarily.
Hayes lands a leg kick that knocks Daniels off balance momentarily.
Hayes scores with a nice body kick.
Daniels takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hayes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hayes moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayes lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hayes feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Daniels sprawling to the canvas! Daniels rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Hayes finish him?!
Hayes scores with a hook to the body. Daniels takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalid Hayes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bobby Lee Daniels's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Daniels pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hayes is out of range and Daniels settles back down.
Hayes thuds his right hand into Daniels's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hayes takes a swing at Daniels's ribcage but misses.
Daniels tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hayes throws a body punch but Daniels moves out of range.
Hayes throws a low kick but Daniels moves out of range easily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hayes.
Hayes lands a right hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Daniels misses the target.
Hayes misses with a head kick.
Hayes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Daniels.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hayes fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hayes is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Daniels rather than just go for the knockout.
Daniels shoots in but Hayes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Daniels blocks the leg kick.
Hayes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Hayes tries a low kick but Daniels avoids it.
Hayes misses with a low kick.
Khalid Hayes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Daniels throws a low kick, looking for Hayes's leg but Hayes calmly moves out of range.
Hayes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hayes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Daniels avoids the body shot from Hayes.
Hayes throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hayes shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Daniels throws a jab when Hayes was well out of range.
Daniels will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Daniels throws a body punch but Hayes moves out of range.
Hayes connects with a solid leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Daniels.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hayes feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Danielss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Daniels slips a jab from Hayes.
Daniels tries to land a front kick but Hayes steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hayes thows a body shot but no joy.
Daniels throws a nice looking combination but Hayes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hayes.
Daniels shoots in for a double leg but Hayes sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Hayes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hayes wants to slow Daniels down by chopping away at his legs.
Hayes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Daniels.
Hayes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slapping leg kick lands for Daniels.
Daniels takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hayes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hayes throws a body punch but Daniels moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Hayes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Daniels takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Daniels takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Daniels misses the shot to the body.
Daniels blocks a low kick nicely.
Daniels takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A head kick misses from Hayes.
Hayes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hayes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daniels was well out of range. Poor timing from Hayes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayes misses with a wild body shot.
Daniels throws a lazy uppercut
and Hayes counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Daniels scores with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalid Hayes really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Lee Daniels's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Both fighters circling a little - Hayes finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hayes. That's going to slow Daniels down.
Hayes works the jab nicely.
Hayes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Daniels. Daniels circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Daniels throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hayes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Daniels.
Hayes misses with a straight right.
A slow jab from Daniels misses its intended target.
Daniels throws a push kick but Hayes slaps the foot to one side.
Hayes throws a low kick but Daniels avoids it.
Hayes lands with a hook. Daniels tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Daniels moves out of range of the body kick from Hayes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hayes cracks the inside of Daniels's front leg.
Hayes wants to slow Daniels down by chopping away at his legs.
Hayes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Daniels takes a jab right on the kisser.
Daniels on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hayes. Hayes obviously looking to wear him down.
Nice straight punches there by Hayes. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hayes.
Nice uppercut lands for Hayes. That snapped Daniels's head back.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daniels avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Hayes throws a body kick that misses.
Hayes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes throws a front kick that sends Daniels stumbling back into the cage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Hayes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daniels moves away.
Hayes connects with a nice looking jab.
Hayes throws a front kick aimed at Daniels's knee but Daniels avoids it well.
Daniels avoids the head kick by Hayes.
Hayes takes a swing at Daniels's ribcage but misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hayes. That's going to slow Daniels down.
Hayes feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Daniels's calf.
Daniels misses with a series of wild punches.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hayes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes misses with a low kick.
Hayes scores with a body shot.
Hayes drops his hands momentarily and Daniels takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Daniels misses with a body kick.
Hayes stuns Daniels with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Daniels takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hayes misses with a double jab.
Hayes connects with a solid leg kick.
Hayes pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A shot to the liver by Hayes. Beautiful body shot.
Hayes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes throws a leg kick but Daniels checks it.
Hayes will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hayes lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hayes lands a head kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hayes throws a nice looking combination but Daniels bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hayes throws a leg kick that misses.
Daniels blocks the body kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hayes throws a low kick, looking for Daniels's leg but Daniels calmly moves out of range.
Hayes thows a body kick. Daniels tries to catch it but that hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalid Hayes dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Lee Daniels's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Hayes keeps Daniels at a distance using the push kick.
Hayes fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Daniels is out of range.
Daniels tried to score with a low kick but Hayes checks it.
An inside leg kick lands from Hayes.
Hayes misses with a jab to the body
and Daniels counters with a nice double leg into side control. Hayes won't be happy with that.
An elbow from Daniels crashes against the mat.
Daniels in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hayes is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Daniels is looking to take a break and control but Hayes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Daniels working away.
Daniels wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hayes keeps working.
Daniels scores with punches from side control.
Daniels trying to control the action but Hayes is working from the bottom.
Daniels has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Daniels sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hayes is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Daniels trying to control the action but Hayes is working from the bottom.
Bobby Lee Daniels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Daniels crashes against the mat.
Daniels trying to control the position but Hayes is working away.
Hayes is looking to reverse the position.
Hayes is trying to control Daniels's posture but Daniels avoids it.
Daniels scoring with punches and elbows.
Daniels trying to control the action but Hayes is working from the bottom.
Daniels controlling the position from side mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes regains half guard.
Hayes moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hayes seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Daniels throws a big elbow that misses.
Hayes has his hands on Daniels's head, controlling the position.
Hayes wants to sweep but no luck.
Hayes trying to keep a closed guard but Daniels is proving a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Khalid Hayes wasn't active enough on the ground.
Nice body kick from Hayes.
Daniels shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hayes as he jumps to the side.
Daniels ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hayes moves away.
Hayes's corner calls for a 1-2. Hayes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hayes thuds his shin into the meat of Daniels's side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Daniels. Hayes does a little dance to reset his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Daniels blocks a low kick nicely.
Khalid Hayes is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Daniels dips to his left and cracks Hayes with an uppercut!
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Bobby Lee Daniels.
I think Hayes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 45:49
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 45:49
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 45:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khalid Hayes!
Khalid Hayes is the new light heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Khalid Hayes made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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